Dark-Zone Detection With Collaborative Lighting for User Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to efficiently and dynamically provide illumination in dark zones based on user profiles, especially in transient conditions or areas where network-enabled light sources are required to adapt to user preferences and locations.
Innovation Solution
A network-based system that identifies dark zones using sensors and cameras, determines lighting features based on user profiles, and instructs available light sources to provide illumination through a centralized controller, utilizing fixed and mobile light sources like smart lights and autonomous vehicles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current systems are used to provide illumination in dark zones, then the system structure is simple, but the ability to dynamically adapt to user preferences and locations is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables light sources to serve multiple functions by dynamically adapting their illumination characteristics based on user profiles, location data, and environmental conditions. The centralized controller coordinates multiple light sources to provide personalized lighting solutions that can change over time, allowing a single system to handle diverse lighting needs without requiring separate dedicated systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The illumination system transitions from static to dynamic operation by continuously adjusting lighting parameters such as intensity, color temperature, and timing based on real-time user profiles and location information. The system can modify its behavior adaptively, changing illumination characteristics in response to varying user needs and environmental conditions rather than operating on fixed predetermined patterns.
2Ease of operation
If network-based collaborative lighting is implemented, then personalized illumination is achieved, but network dependency and system coordination complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables light sources to operate autonomously to some extent by pre-configuring user profiles and illumination preferences that automatically guide their behavior. The centralized controller distributes these pre-established parameters to individual light sources, allowing them to self-adjust and self-regulate their illumination characteristics without requiring constant manual control or complex real-time coordination for each individual lighting action.
Solution Approach 2:
The network coordination function is segmented into distinct roles: the centralized controller handles high-level decision-making, user profile management, and coordination between multiple light sources, while individual light sources focus on executing their assigned illumination tasks. This division of labor simplifies the overall system architecture by separating strategic coordination from tactical execution.
3Ease of operation
If dynamic lighting adjustment is provided, then user comfort is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic or intermittent illumination rather than continuous operation, adjusting lighting based on user presence, activity patterns, and environmental conditions. Lighting can be activated during specific periods when users are present or need illumination, and deactivated during other periods, reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining comfort during active usage periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts illumination parameters such as intensity, color temperature, and duration based on user profiles and environmental conditions. By optimizing these parameters rather than operating at maximum power continuously, the system can provide comfortable lighting when needed while minimizing energy consumption during transitions or when users are absent.
Data Source
AI summary
A processing system including at least one processor may detect at least one dark zone in a vicinity of a user, determine at least one lighting feature for an illumination of the at least one dark zone in accordance with a user profile of the user, identify at least one light source to provide the illumination of the at least one dark area in accordance with the at least one lighting feature that is determined, and transmit an instruction to the at least one light source to provide the illumination of the at least one dark zone in accordance with the at least one lighting feature that is determined.